Kent State men win MAC crown, earn berth in NCAA tourney

Wednesday

Mar 15, 2017 at 1:00 AM

The Kent State University men's basketball team (22-13) won last week's Mid-American Conference tournament title and earned a spot in the NCAA tournament.

The Golden Flashes will face UCLA (29-4) in the first round of the tourney March 17 in Sacramento, Calif. KSU beat Central Michigan 116-106, Buffalo 68-65, Ohio U. 68-66 and Akron 70-65 to claim its first MAC title since 2008.

KSU's Jaylin Walker earned the tournament's most valuable player award, and Jimmy Hall also was named to the all-tourney team.